After a few uneventful years without a major storm, Pasco County emergency officials worry residents have let their guards down as hurricane season begins today. ...more

June 1, 2008

LAKE PLACID — Two Pinetta men were arrested and charged with second-degree murder in connection with the stabbing death of Sergio Morales on Feb. 19, 2001, according to a Highlands County Sheriff's press release. Tirso Marin-Median, now 48, was arrested on May 24, in Madison County on traffic charges. On May 28, Juan Tirso Marin, now 26, was arrested bringing closure to this 7-year-old homicide. On Feb. 19, 2001 sheriff's investigators were called to 303 Highlands Blvd., in Lake Placid, on a report of a stabbing. ...more

May 31, 2008

LAKE PLACID — Two Pinetta men were arrested and charged with second-degree murder in connection with the stabbing death of Sergio Morales on Feb. 19, 2001, according to a Highlands County Sheriff's press release. ...more

May 30, 2008

With more than one-third of the county's population living along the coast, many Pasco residents remain vulnerable during hurricane season, officials warn. ...more

May 2, 2008

CHARLOTTE COUNTY - Notes from the Charlotte County Emergency Communications Center show that a 911 caller reported seeing what might have been an abducted child in a dark colored Chevrolet Camaro on the day Denise Lee disappeared, two days before she was found in a shallow grave. ...more

January 31, 2008

County bosses also to discuss foreclosure crisis. ...more

January 15, 2008

County commissioners' first regular business meeting of the year promises to be a marathon session with several hot-button topics on the agenda. ...more

January 14, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - As the days of volunteer fire departments all but disappear, Pasco County emergency officials are wondering if their fundraising efforts should follow suit. ...more

November 6, 2007

BRADENTON - Johnnie Schoolfield Jr. and Theodore Thomas were longtime friends, growing up in the same neighborhood in east Bradenton. On Halloween night, the men were together, naturally, cruising the streets. The paramedics, who pulled up to the crash first, did not go in the water. Within about four minutes of the 911 call, two firefighters arrived, threw on life jackets and dived into the pond. They had seen a man go under but were unable to find him. ...more

November 2, 2007